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Other uniform titles: | Hult, David F., 1952-
Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431. Correspondence. Selections.
Jean, de Montreuil, 1354-1418. Correspondence. Selections.
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ISBN: | 9780226670140 0226670147 9780226670126 9780226670133 0226670120 0226670139
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. In English; translated from documents in Old French or Latin. Print version record.
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Summary: | In 1401, Christine de Pizan (1365-1430?), one of the most renowned and prolific woman writers of the Middle Ages, wrote a letter to the provost of Lille criticizing the highly popular and widely read Romance of the Rose for its blatant and unwarranted misogynistic depictions of women. The debate that ensued, over not only the merits of the treatise but also of the place of women in society, started Europe on the long path to gender parity. Pizan's criticism sparked a continent-wide discussion of issues that is still alive today in disputes about art and morality, especially the civic responsib.
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Other form: | Print version: Debate of the Romance of the rose. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2010 9780226670126
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